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J. ENGLAND.

GROZING TOOL.

No. 248,726. 2' Patent 25,1881.

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J. ENGLAND.

OROZING TOOL. No. 248,726. Patented Oct. 25, 1881.

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JAMES ENGLAND, OF EEVV YORK, N.'Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,726, dated October 25, 1881.

Application filed August 12, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ENGLAND, of the city, county, and State of New York have invented a new and Improved Combination- Groze, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved croze or tool for cutting grooves in the ends of the staves of a barrel to receive the ends of a barrel-head.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved combination-eroze. Fig. 2 is a. longitudinal seetional elevation of the same on the line x 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the handleplate. Fig. 4 is an elevation of one end of the elliptical tool-holder. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the other end. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the elliptical tool-holder and the gouge therein. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the under side of the wedge for holding the gouge in the holder. Fig. Sis an end elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the combined lances which are used in place of the saw. Fig. 10 is a longitudinal side elevation of the handle-rod of my improved croze.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The hollow elliptical tool-hollerA is provided with the open ends A and A, and with a series of guide ridges or ribs, 13*, each of which has a different radius, so as to adjust the holder A to fit snugly against the inner surfaces of staves of barrels of great or small diameter, the different curvatures of the ridges or ribs B being shown in Fig. 1. The holder A is provided with an inner annular rib, O, a short distance from the end A of the holder.

The holder A is provided with four longitudinal apertures, D, in the middle, these apertures interrupting the ribs or ridges B, which if continued would pass longitudinally and een-' trally over these apertures. The ridges or ribs, of which there are preferably four, are a quarter of a circle apart; and from the above it is evident that the apertures are separated correspondingdistances-thatis, there are two pairs of opposite apertures, D. A handle-rod, E, is provided with a crook, F, of such size that it can be passed through the apertures l) of the holder A.

The handle-rod E is provided with a short stud or projection, E, above the crock F, and below the crook it is provided with a longitunal strengthening and stiffening plate, Gr, having longitudinal flanges H H extending in the same direction.

The handle-plate J, one edge of which is preferably rounded, is provided with an aperture, K, for the handle-rod E and its flanged plate G. The handle-plate J is further provided with two apertures, L, for receiving the pivot M of a hook, N, which catches on the edge of one of the flanges H H of the plate G, for the purpose of holding the handle-plate J in the desired position on this plate and the rod E attached thereto, for the handle-plate J can be adjusted higheror lower on the rod E and plate G.

A flat wedge-plate, O, with ashort lug or handle, P, and a shoulder, Q, is of such width that itcanbepassedintotheaperturesD. Awedgeplate, R, of like width, is also passed into the same apertures D with the plate 0, and between these plates a saw, S, or a series of lances, routers, or cutters,T, are held, the cutting-edges of the saw or the lances projecting from the hold- Gr 1&-

It the above-described cutting devices are removed,a gouge, can be held in the holder A by means of a peak-shaped wedge, U, provided with an extension terminatingin a short hook or handle, V.

The holder is described as provided with four ribs, B, but may have only one or more of these ribs and corresponding apertures D, if desired.

The operation is as follows: According to the shape, &c., of the groove desired to be cut in the inner surface of the staves of a barrel or cask, the saw S or the lances TT are placed between the wedges O and it, which hold the cutting device firmly. The cutting devices project from the holder A at that rib B having the same curvature as the barrel. The handle-plate J is then so adjusted on the handle-rod E that when this handle-plate rests on the end edge of the barrel the cutting devices will out the groove into the barrel the desired distance from the edge. The croze is passed around the edge of the barrel several times until the groove has the desired depth, themstrument being guided by the rib B corresponding to the aperture D, from which the cutting devices project, which rib rests in this groove. The edges or sides of this groove must be beveled to admit the beveled edges of the heads of the barrels, and this is accomplished by means of the gouge V, which is passed diagonally through the holder A from the end A to that aperture D from which the other cutting devices have projected, this gouge projecting more or less, as circumstances may require. The wedge U, which is also passed diagonally through the holder and carries the gouge W, rests on the lug F of the handlerod, and if the wedge is drawn in the direction of the arrow to the gouge W will be firmly pressed in between the wedge, the edge of the annular rib (l, and the edge of the aperture D, as shown in Fig. 6. The wedges holding the cutters in the holder A press the upper edge of the holder against the projection E, whereby the holder is firmlyheld on the handle-rod.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t- 1. The combination, with thetool-holder having apertures D, ofthe rod E, having projection E and hook F, the flanged plate H G, and the plate J, having aperture K, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a croze, the combination, with the toolh'older A, of the handle-rod E, the adjustable handle-plate J, the hook N, and of cutting de vices, substantially as herein shown and de scribed, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a croze, the combination, with the toolllolder A, provided with apertures D, of the handle-rod E, having a crook, F, the handleplate J, the wedges O and It, and the cutting devices held between these wedges, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a croze, the combination, with the toolholder A, of the handle-rod E, provided with a stifi'ening-plate, G, provided with flanges H, of the handle-plate J, provided with an aperture, K, and the hook N, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with the tool'holder A, of the handle-rod E, provided with a crook, F, the gouge W, and the wedge U, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

6. The tool-holder A of a croze, constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with aseries of external longitudinal segmental ribs of difierent radius, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. A tool-holder, A, of a croze, constructed, as shown and described, with a series of external longitudinal segmental ribs, and with an aperture in the holder in the middle of each rib, as and for the purpose setforth.

JAMES ENGLAND.

\Vitnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, (l. SEDGWIGK. 

